The IFOAM EU Group, the European arm of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, has sent a strong message to the European Commission on the co-existence of GM farming. We believe this was something that needed saying clearly to the law-makers, and needs saying over and over again, if needs be. From our perspective…
Read More ...Since the debate over the use of genetically modified crop varieties in our countryside began, OF&G has urged close attention to the practicalities.
Read More ...Sorry about that headline. I couldn’t help it. And there wasn’t mushroom for anything longer. Okay, okay. Sorry. Again. Anyway, the drivel above is all inspired by some positive sounding research reported by The Telegraph which says that organic farming methods are better for the growth of fungi in the soil which, in turn, is…
Read More ...This week we’ve seen a few news outlets grabbing eagerly onto another story knocking organic farms. The two highlights of this story, based on research from the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (part of Leeds University), is that organic farming produces about half as much food as non-organic and that the wildlife benefits don’t…
Read More ...I stumbled across this piece from Kitchen Garden on on weed management in organic gardening. Despite being focused on domestic situations, it’s actually a really nice and straightforward overview of the kinds of issues and solutions that organic farmers and growers use on a larger scale. If you’re not a farmer and never understood why…
Read More ...As the fallout from the strange FSA report on nutrition in organic and non-organic food continues to rumble round the media’s opinion pages, it’s good to see a rational argument now and then. That’s exactly what we get from Exeter farmer, David Garaway, [via thisisexeter.co.uk] who has done a good job of explaining why getting…
Read More ...The distance our food travels is important to many people. Some of it does silly trips up and down the country going from farm, manufacturer or packer to depots spread around the country and often back again to reach stores a few miles from where it started. Some of it comes from all over the…
Read More ...Our roving Development Officer, Steven Jacobs, has sent back a couple of images from his time at Cereals 09 to share with us all. He says that tea, biscuits and chat are the largely the order of the day on our stand: Organic cereals are high on our agenda at the moment, with our National…
Read More ...New research suggests that the production of organic bread results in 25 per cent lower CO2 emissions than its non-organic counterpart. We like this kind of thing, not just because it’s good for the promotion of organic food, but because any credible scientific study that gives us hard data to back up what we believe…
Read More ...That has to take the prize for the weirdest headline yet used on this blog. But it’s not a random collection of words, it really does refer to those crazy Dutch dressing as potatoes and getting on their bikes to promote a new trail designed to raise awareness of organic farming. You have to hand…
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